Chapter 12: A Proud Father

This news came suddenly, but it was also within Xia Mi's expectations.

Jiang Shengmei took the person home to change shoes, wiped them briefly, and then took the person to the hospital.

"I have to take Qian Yue to school this afternoon. When you are done, go back to the guesthouse and have a rest. Captain Huo said he wants to discuss something with you."

Xia Mi nodded obediently, "Okay, thank you for troubling my sister-in-law."

Jiang Shengmei shook her head helplessly. She wanted to see how Huo Jingchen would serve this little girl. The days ahead would be very exciting.

Xia Mi was waiting in the debridement room. Except for the nurse who came when Jiang Shengmei brought her here, no one else came after that.

She went out and stopped a passing nurse, "Comrade, when can someone come to help me treat my wound, or..."

Xia Mi hasn’t finished the second half of her sentence yet, or I can handle it myself.

The nurse interrupted her impatiently, "Can't you see they are busy? Someone will bring it over later, and they will do it for you when they are done."

One sentence was not enough. The nurse rolled her eyes at Xia Mi and said, "Everything should be prioritized. How can your minor injury be compared with those of the people hospitalized here? Do you have to be treated specially just because you are a family member of a soldier?"

Xia Mi clearly felt the other party's impatience and disgust towards her.

As the nurse walked away, she kept muttering, "You're putting on airs before you're even a soldier's family member."

A fire broke out in Xia Mi's heart from head to toe. She pursed her lips and returned to the debridement room with a stern face.

After delivering the things, the nurse left quickly as if she had greased her feet.

Xia Mi laughed angrily. She put on sterile gloves and began to clean her wound, disinfect it, and finally bandage it. Her wound was not deep and did not require any other unnecessary steps.

Her movements were skillful and smooth.

"Graduated from medical school?"

Huo Jingchen's voice rang out the moment she put down the gauze. The man stood at the door, and no one knew how long he had been watching.

"Even if you haven't eaten pork, have you seen a pig run?" Xia Mi fixed the gauze.

The original owner only had a technical secondary school diploma, which was considered high in that era.

Huo Jingchen's eyebrows were filled with smiles, and his deep eyes were full of doting.

"Why did you spend so much time at the beach? Are you trying to get to know all your relatives one by one? Can you tell me how far you have gotten to know them?"

Xia Mi immediately guessed that Huo Jingchen was talking about her, and she rolled her eyes.

"Fuck you." Xia Mi was angry. Her body temperature rose because of anger and her cheeks were rosy. "Sister Shengmei, you said you had something to talk to me about. What was it?"

Huo Jingchen was not annoyed when being scolded, but instead felt a sweetness in his heart, a feeling he had never experienced before.

"Go back and tell me, wait for me for a few minutes, I'll go take care of something."

Xia Mi was hungry, and she didn't want to wait. "I'm hungry, and I want to go back and eat something. Can't you come find me after you finish your work?"

"I've had the steamed buns and vegetables delivered to the guesthouse. Don't worry, you won't starve. Just wait for me."

Hearing that there was food to be had, Xia Mi simply agreed to wait, because one should be grateful for what one has received.

Huo Jingchen went straight to Li Jiajia's office.

The nurse at the nurses' station carefully observed Huo Jingchen's face, which was as dark as ink, and asked softly while covering her mouth with the medical record board.

"Captain Huo is here to support someone?"

The other one shook his head, very slightly, for fear of attracting attention.

"It's going to be exciting."

Li Jiajia had just returned from Yan Yiming's ward. She was in a good mood and was humming a little tune on the way back.

The moment she saw Huo Jingchen's figure, her smile froze and disappeared. She pulled her hands out of her pockets and instantly became uneasy.

"Is Doctor Li back?"

Huo Jingchen spoke at a slow pace, and his eyes were gloomy and cold when he looked at people.

Li Jiajia stood still, her legs and feet felt as if they were filled with lead and she couldn't move. Her back felt cold and she felt as if she was being entangled by a poisonous snake, and a chill ran down her spine.

After a long while, Li Jiajia regained her thoughts and asked, "Captain Huo, do you have something to talk to me about?"

"I came here to talk to you about a doctor who slandered and spread rumors about my fiancée in public."

After that, Huo Jingchen said to himself, "Strange, the threshold for military hospitals is so low now that shameless people can get in easily?"

Li Jiajia simply didn't pretend.

"I'm telling the truth. Captain Huo has to be truthful when protecting his own people. Does Xia Mi dare to say that she's not a thief? She's been stealing from others for more than ten years."

Huo Jingjing raised his hand to interrupt, "I didn't come here to listen to you slander her."

"Then you, what do you want to do?" Li Jiajia frowned, unable to guess what the man was thinking.

"Go down and apologize to Xia Mi now."

Li Jiajia seemed to have heard a joke, but before she could laugh, Huo Jingchen gave her a look and punished her.

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She took a deep breath, feeling it was really ironic, and refused sternly, "Impossible, why should I go and apologize to her? She is a thief and a liar. She is obviously not the daughter of the Xia family, but she shamelessly wants to marry Yiming! If Yiming hadn't received the letter, I'm afraid he would have been fooled by her. Captain Huo, I advise you to open your eyes and look at people carefully. Don't marry a monster and you won't even have time to cry when the time comes."

"The Xia family was blind and took the wrong child. It's fine that a bunch of incompetent people can blame her, but she has a bad life. It's really pitiful, but fortunately I have a good life."

Li Jiajia was confused and didn't understand what Huo Jingchen meant. Why did he suddenly bring up the issue of whether one's life is good or not?

The man's words the next second made her feel cold all over and as if something was stuck in her throat.

"You know, I have a very capable father. He has a little power in his hands."

Li Jiajia's eyes widened in horror, and she stuttered in fear, "You, what do you want to do? Huo Jingchen, this is a society ruled by law, what do you want to do?"

"What I want to do depends on what you do."

Huo Jingchen stood up and smiled, "I'm going to take people home for dinner. Now, do you want to go downstairs or let your father bring you here to apologize together? It's your choice."

After the people left, Li Jiajia was so scared that her legs went weak and she almost fell down. She hurriedly held onto the table to steady herself.

Li Jiajia muttered, "Huo Jingchen, I'm going to report you..."

Xia Mi waited for almost half an hour before Huo Jingchen came down, followed by Li Jiajia.

Li Jiajia's eyes looked as if she wanted to eat Xia Mi.

Xia Mi saw Li Jiajia frowning, her big watery eyes full of confusion, and she asked, "What is this?"

Li Jiajia suddenly bowed 90 degrees and said loudly, "Comrade Xia Mi, I'm sorry. I was wrong yesterday. I slandered and spread rumors about you without telling the truth. I hope you can forgive me!"

The voice of apology echoed in the corridor, and many people leaned out and saw Li Jiajia apologizing to Xia Mi.

Everyone's eyes widened, shock written all over their faces.

Xia Mi was stunned for a moment, then she said coldly, "Oh", and turned to look at Huo Jingchen, "Can we go back to eat now?"

In Li Jiajia's opinion, Xia Mi's response was more humiliating than Huo Jingchen's.

Because Xia Mi didn't take her apology seriously at all.

Huo Jingchen's eyes suddenly became doting and he laughed, "Let's go, your relatives are so stingy that they don't even invite anyone to dinner when you're visiting."

"Psycho." Xia Mi glared at him again, walked ahead angrily, and soon walked back, "How did you make her apologize to me? She doesn't look like someone who is easy to talk to."

Huo Jingchen laughed softly, "You want to learn? What a pity, this method is not currently passed on to outsiders. I will tell you after you marry me."

He had already thought about it. When the time comes, Xia Mi will put her hands on her hips and tell Li Jiajia, "I am lucky. I married a good husband. My father-in-law has some power."

Thinking of Li Jiajia being humiliated, Huo Jingchen smiled even more.

(End of this chapter)